Lewis Hamilton (1:29.398) won pole for the 2013 German Grand Prix, beating out Sebastian Vettel at his home grand prix by just over a tenth of a second. As the qualifying sessions progressed, it appeared that pole would come down to a battle between Mercedes and Red Bull, as it did. Mark Webber finished Q3 third fastest, with Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean filling out the top five for Lotus. Daniel Ricciardo comtinued his hunt to replace Webber at Red Bull, qualifying sixth. Ferrari chose a cagey strategy, putting both Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso on the medium compound for their final run in the final quali session. They qualified seventh and eighth fastest, respectively. Williams...
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